Featuring 11 song favorites discovered on Spotify this year, including work by Max Ochs, Saint Etienne, Marah, Dead Man Winter, GospelbeacH, Jennifer Warnes, Gretchen Peters, Robert Ellis, Amy Ray, The Bevis Frond, and Lowland Hum. Program note: no actual vinyl rips on this podcast, which is a total violation of vinyl essence protocol. Whatever. Rules were made to be broken!

“Ain’t Nobody High Raga,” Max Ochs

“Take it All In,” Saint Etienne

“Round Eye Blues,” Marah

“I Remember This Place Being Bigger,” Dead Man Winter

“In the Desert,” GospelbeacH

“Just Breathe,” Jennifer Warnes

“Arguing with Ghosts,” Gretchen Peters

“Fucking Crazy,” Robert Ellis

“Didn’t Know a Damn Thing,” Amy Ray

“Lights are Changing,” The Bevis Frond

“Salzburg Summer,” Lowland Hum

You can also check out the show in higher-quality audio at Soundcloud.com:

Leadbelly, “Christmas is a Comin'” The Best of Bob Dylan’s Theme Time Radio Hour 2007

Nat King Cole, “The First Noel,” The Christmas Song, 1962

Frank Sinatra “What Ever Happened to Christmas”
Ella Fitzgerald “White Christmas,” The Many Moods of Christmas: Great Songs by Great Artists of Our Time Goodyear, Columbia Special Products P 12013, 1973